Ontario parents can book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their babies and preschoolers starting later this morning. The province’s booking portal will open for pediatric vaccine appointments for children aged six months to under five years at 8 a.m. Families can also make appointments through health units using their own bookingContinue Reading

A Mississauga man has won two lottery prizes in the last four years. The stars aligned for Satnam Banwait when he won $250,000 playing MAXMILLIONS on April 1. He also won $2 on his ENCORE selection. Banwait said when he checked his ticket at the store and thought he wonContinue Reading

As Canada’s sixth wave of COVID-19 continues, hospitals caring for the country’s youngest patients are facing both high patient volumes and high levels of staff off sick. This time of year, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa normally sees up to 150 daily patients in its emergencyContinue Reading

6:30 p.m.: Ottawa police found themselves patrolling increasingly empty downtown streets on Sunday as the “Rolling Thunder” protest made good on plans to decamp from Canada’s capital, but the force did open an investigation after the scene of the day’s only formal event was defaced with graffiti targeting demonstrators. Unlike inContinue Reading

Since early April, health officials around the world have been on alert for healthy, young children suddenly developing severe cases of hepatitis with no known cause. According to the latest estimates by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), there are atContinue Reading